Improvement in hay-elevators



i TAMES-LNDERMANQ 0F 1B ULLVILLE, New. Yoak.

Letters Patent No. 107,695, tatas'epamber 27, 1870.

menor/:Meur IN HAv-ELEvAToRs.

1 The Schedule` referred Vto inthese Iaetters Patent and making part of the same.

`To @ummm mail 6000??" -f i j y The outer ends of the rails of track O rest upon the i. Be it `known that I, JAMES LINDERMAN, of Bullendless beltD, or its equivalent, and are secured there-` on by a pin attached to the belt oneach side of veachrail, or in anysnitable manner. V

ville,` in thelco'nnty of Orangeand State of New,

i York, have invented a `new andimproved Hay-Ele- The endless belt D extends across and embraces la pulley attached to the inner 'sides of eachopposite Uvator`; andl do hereby declare `that the following is 'a full, clear, and exact description of the construction beanrof the frame-work. n

The outerends of' .the rails of track Bare secured and operation fof the` same, reference'being-had tc the accompanying drawing'making a part of this l speciiication,.inwvhichf` g y `to the outer projecting supports b by the ends of the f Figure lfisa side elevatiom y Vround irontbeing bent downat rightangles, `and then passed through the ends of the rails, and thence through the supports.

"-.Figure 2` is anendview.' 1

Like letters in bothfigures of the drawing indicate w like parts.\ a t The round' iron at the inner ends of the rails of v Myiuventi'on yrelates to the class f hay-elevators track B, or where they join those of track C, is y in which "a railroad track and truck, with block and simply bent over the ends, or inserted in the wood, to tackle, is used for elevating the hay, and consistssecure it to the rails, and so with the outer ends of j First, in pivoting o r hingipga portion ofthe track, the rails of track C, 0f course I do not limit myself y i "in combination with an endless belt, or its equivalent, to the method described of pivoting the rails of track r l `sothat thetrack may be shifted and the load depos- C, as it is obvious they may be secured in other ways, lited either to the right or left, as may be desired. Y and yet accomplish the same result, that is, shifting y f1 i Second, -in a bracesecuredto the beam of? the buildtherails'and dropping the load either to the right or j"ing, in combination witha catch! hinged to the rear of left. -t

E is the truck, the frontaale of which is secured by a king-bolt, so as to allow the wheels to ac commodate themselves to the curve or shifting ofthe track U y v 1. the truck, for holding the latterwhile loading the elevating-forlgtthe releasing of thecatch from the brace,

andconsequent movement of the truck forward to i drop thel load, being accomplished byhollow blocks y 1 `arrmigedon the hoisting-rope, 'to trip a forkedlever 1 eonnectingfwith catch.- 1 l Third, i,n.au arrangement, onthetruCk, of the pawl `and releasingiever, pulleys, adjustable axle, by mea'ns i of theking-bolt, catch, and lever,provided with forked `endyor-its equivalent, in combination with the track, y cross-brace; and'curved bar, all forthe purposes as will y V behereinatter more fully explained; i

" i Arepresents the frame-work of the roofof the build- 1 .'ingor barnin which the hay isto be stored.l v "Bis thepermanenttrack, the rails of which are of Vwood, and madev `V`shaped, and capped with round iron a, and rests upon the projecting supports b, attached by screws or otherwise to the beams of the `frame-work. y

y C is `the movable track, the rails ot' which are also made of asimilar shapeto the rails of the track B` F is the catch, hinged to the' rear end of the truck.

Gis the 1ever, one end of which is attached to the catch, and then curved down under the truck, the opposite end being forked, to allow the hoisting-rope eto pass between the prongs thereof', and to permit of e the hollow blocks G operating thereupon, to trip or'V release-the lever and catch when the hoisting-rope is'V pulled on.

H is the cross-brace attached to the outer beams of the frame-work at a suitable distance above Vtrack B, soas to permit of the catch F engaging with it when loading.

J is the pa-wl which presses upon the hoisting-rope e by its weight, and prevents it from slipping back while it is being drawn over the pulley h.

The hoisting-rope will be attached to an elevating fork or'ap'paratus, K, represented in the drawing as l andthen passing them t above mentioned, and capped with round iron. i t The rails of these tracks; B C are joined togetheron f the projecting supportsv of the middle beam by the` I: i rails of 'movabletrack Oresting upon projecting plates c attached to the under sides ofthe rails ot' permanent i track B,which plates rest upon the projecting supports, the rails of 'movable track `O being secured by bending down the ends of theroundiron at right angles, hrough the ends oi' theA rails `fzfittlletrack, and thencefthro'ugh said plates andprojecting supports," thus uniting the ends of the rails of y tracks B C rmlytogether, and at the same time allowing the rails of track C to-have a pivotal motion. `1aterally.` y

y whence itis carried below.

being loaded with hay. This rope is arranged to pass up over thepulley h, and 'thence under the pulley c,

i attached by an arm to the forward end of the truck,

and then through the pulley-block k, attached to the ltop crossbrace,from whence it is carried below, and connected in a suitable manner withhorse-power.

L is the lever for releasing pawl J.

Mis the pull-back rope, which is attached to the rear end of the truck, and then passed through thel pulley-block m, attached to the top cross-brace, from The removable hollow blocks g, herein referred to', are slipped on to the hoisting-rope e, (a sufiicient number of them,) and their objectis toregulate the distanceto which the load is to be elevated, and at the same time to trip or release 'the lever G automatically, and, conseqnently, the catch, when the load is at the required height, so as to allow the truck to move forward,'and the load to be dropped at the point desired.

The lever G may be released by hand, but the blocks willrbe found to facilitate the operation of uuloading. y

As the load is elevated but'a short distance in the beginning of the operation, it is obvious the full complement of blocks will be required to raise the load at that distance; hence, as the distance lengthens or increases by filling up of the mow with the hay, the

blocks will be removed accordingly.

It will be seen, as the hoisting-rope is being drawn up between the prongs on the end of the lever G, these blocks will, of course, come in contact with them, and release the lever.

The operation is as follows: y

When the truck is pulled back by the rope M, the

. catch F engages with and holds the trnck to the crossbrace H, and at the same time the lever L, impinging against the inwardly-projecting curved bar N above, releases pawl J, and allows the hoisting-rope to descend with the elevating-fork or' apparatus, when it is loaded, and on being elevated, the upper block, coming in Contact with the prongs on the end of the lever G, trips or releases it, and the catch automatically, so that the truck immediately starts forward, and, on releasing pawl J, the load is dropped at the point desired, and, on shifting track C, by moving the endless belt, it may be -dropped either to the right or left.

Having thusfully described my invention,

What I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y 1. In a hay-elevator, the movable track C, in combination with the endless belt D, or its equivalent, and truck E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The brace H, secured to the beams of the huilding, in ycombination with the hinged catch E of the truck, .and its releasing-lever, substantially as shown and described.

3. The inwardly-projecting curved bar N, in combination with the releasing-lever L and its pawl, constructed and operating substantially as described.

As evidence that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

. JAMES LINDERMAN. [La 5.]

Witnesses:

A. VAN Nass Pownsox', IRA B. MILLS. 

